QUOTE | “Part of my job involves funding content and my heart sinks when someone brings me something that’s a shooter, because a shooter is almost the lowest common denominator at this point.” - Oculus’ Callum Underwood says it’s time for VR devs to move on and consider new styles of gameplay.

QUOTE | “I want to see some more VR titles where it’s a proper game, an uncompromised experience where we haven’t tried to rework it in ways that don’t make sense for the genre.” - Paw Print Games lead game designer Steven Knapman explains the idea behind the studio’s upcoming 2D VR beat-’em-upBloody Zombies.

QUOTE | “One studio picking one game and putting all of your money into that? You might as well go to a casino and put everything on number 27 at the roulette table.” - Force Field VR and Guerilla Games co-founder Martin de Ronde advises VR developers hedge their bets.

QUOTE | “Whilst there can be no guarantees that the negotiations will be concluded successfully, they are being explored since this is in the best interests of our shareholders, the studio and the industry as a whole.” - Square Enix puts a noble face on its decision to sell Hitman developer IO Interactive.

STAT | 1 - Mentions of the 3DS Nintendo made in announcing its E3 plans. The system could be absent from the company’s show-opening Spotlight video and the show floor, with Nintendo only confirming that 3DS titles would appear during the Nintendo Treehouse: Live at E3 program, a live-streamed series of deep dives into specific titles that runs throughout the show.